Did the world end today?

Chapter 309 Everyone is moving forward
To drive the development of technology in the real world, the first thing to do is to rapidly deploy applied technologies.

Whether it's energy, materials, or artificial intelligence, these technologies are of great significance for quickly launching engineering projects and rapidly testing and refining technologies.

Currently, the pace of progress in artificial intelligence is very fast, and there are basically no major technical difficulties.

The most critical issues are concentrated in the areas of energy and materials.

Meanwhile, the most pressing issue in terms of materials, besides so-called strong interaction materials, is CKC Casimir-Klein crystal.

Sitting in the coordination group's office, having just finished a meeting with the nation's and even the world's top materials science experts, Lin Xu frowned as he looked at the meeting's report and said:

"So now it seems that the main principle of this so-called CKC crystal is clear."

"However, in terms of implementation paths, we can say there are almost countless different paths."

"However, the most mathematically feasible approach at present is to utilize Conifold singularities to lock in negative energy through topological protection, preventing the negative energy from being annihilated by vacuum fluctuations."

"From a purely theoretical standpoint, this is entirely achievable."

"The only question is how do we achieve this step on a macro level?"

“If it were something that exists naturally in the universe, that would be fine, but the macroscopic manifestations of the Conifold singularity should have been smoothed out by the inflationary process long ago.”

"To create a Conifold singularity, we need to manipulate the Calabi-Yau manifold with atomic precision, and with the current level of technology, we can only simulate a simplified two-dimensional model at most."

"But to achieve atomic-level manipulation, we need gravitational manipulation technology with sufficient energy levels."

"Furthermore, to have gravity manipulation technology with sufficient energy levels, we need to prioritize acquiring enough energy and sufficiently high-energy particle collision facilities."

After going through a series of technical steps, Lin Xu himself felt a headache coming on.

Although each technology appears to be an independent direction, leading to different implementation methods.

However, in reality, no technology is completely independent in the physical world.

The concept of a "technology tree" no longer exists in the context of the development of high-dimensional technology.

All the technologies are mixed and integrated together, forming a complex "technology network structure" that resembles a spider web.

Each node on the network represents the technology itself that can be implemented. If you want to activate one node, you will most likely need to activate all the surrounding nodes first.

It's hard.

Beside him, Jiang Xingye nodded thoughtfully.

After a moment of silence, she spoke:
"In a sense, the development of high-dimensional related technologies is perfectly matched with high-dimensional properties."

"The path of technological development is no longer linear, but rather planar."

"Unless we can find the starting point at the very edge of this network and then push it forward in a geometrically expanding manner."

"Otherwise, given our current technological level, it would be far too difficult to simply activate this technology from scratch."

"really."

Lin Xu nodded slightly, and after thinking for a moment, said:
"But in any case, CKC crystal is the closest technology we can get to it."

"It is located at the center of this network. If it can be identified, it will inevitably drive the development of a series of other technologies."

"So, in any case, we must continue to move forward in this direction."

"I plan to spend a month or two pushing this technology to its limits, to the point where it can't move forward without relying on passive information."

"Then, I'll take another chance to bring back the key technical details and try to master this technology in one fell swoop."

"Reasonable."

Jiang Xingye gave a thumbs up.

"This makes the goal clearer and the efficiency higher."

"But here's the question—what exactly do we need to do now?"

As Jiang Xingye finished speaking, a mysterious smile appeared on Lin Xu's face.

He answered:

"I think this problem has now reached a dead end."

"Either I risk going directly into another world to get the unsourced information, or we have to use some unconventional methods to try to overcome the obstacles in front of us."

"The former is definitely a last resort, right?"

"So, within the limited time available, the latter is what we can try."

"So what needs to be done is quite simple."

"I plan to find someone who's not quite right in the head and see if he has any brilliant ideas."

"If we could somehow break through a path, wouldn't that solve all the problems?"

"Makes sense."

Jiang Xingye nodded thoughtfully.

"But who exactly are you referring to as someone who's not quite right in the head?"

"Zhang Liming? Me? Or Ayana?"

"You guys know absolutely nothing about materials science!"

Lin Xu replied, both amused and exasperated:

"Although this is a high-energy physics problem, it is essentially a materials science problem."

"I plan to go find Xu Jin."

Jiang Xingye was stunned for a moment.

"Xu Jin?"

"But doesn't he mostly work on organic materials? Like carbon fiber materials?"

Are you sure his research direction matches the solution you're looking for?

"Your information is outdated."

Lin Xu shrugged and replied, "He participated in the research and development of the first wall material. From that time on, his research direction officially began to shift towards 'high-dimensional materials'."

"Although he can't be considered a leading figure in this field yet, well..."

"The topic of high-dimensional materials is a completely new and unexplored wilderness for all researchers in the field of materials science around the world."

"And on this wasteland, he walked very fast."

"So I think he should be able to bring us some surprises."

That makes sense.

Jiang Xingye pondered Lin Xu's words in his heart, and his eyes gradually brightened.

I had always subconsciously felt that if we were to drive technological progress, we would either have to rely on Lin Xu or on ourselves.

Even without relying on the two of them, most technological advancements should come from "high-dimensional experiencers".

But is that really the case?
If we disregard the crutch of higher-dimensional information, does that mean people in this world can no longer walk?

Not always.

Even if they dragged a broken leg and crawled forward using their hands and feet, even if their palms were worn through and their knees were flattened, they would not stop.

Everyone is moving forward.

The world is driven by far more than just a few "chosen people".

She looked up at Lin Xu and asked:
"Should we go find him? Where is he now?"

"He is at Yaohu Lake."

Lin Xu replied:
"I think we should still go."

"After all, he's the kind of person who really needs face-to-face communication to be explained clearly."

A few hours later.

Flying from Nanjing to Nanchang, and then transferring in the city to Yaohu, Lin Xu experienced the fatigue of a long journey.

Their destination this time was Science Island, located in Yaohu Lake, or more precisely, the National Research Center for Microscale Material Science on Science Island.

According to the information provided by the organization, Xu Jin is currently working in the Low-Dimensional Physics and Chemistry Research Department of the research center, where he is responsible for interdisciplinary research on the integration of traditional materials manufacturing methods with new low-dimensional physics processes.

Before departure, the superiors had already informed the research center of the itinerary.

To Lin Xu's surprise, when they arrived at Science Island, it was not Xu Jin who came forward to greet them, but Bai Mo.

Looking at Bai Mo's exhausted face, clearly worn out from her "standardized project," Lin Xu couldn't help but ask:
"Why are you here? Where is Xu Jin?"

Bai Mo reached out and brushed a stray strand of hair from his forehead before replying:

"Xu Jin is injured and has just entered the infirmary."

"what??"

Lin Xuren was dumbfounded.

"what's the situation??"

".explode."

Bai Mo replied helplessly:

“I don’t know what he’s trying to verify, but ever since he received the message that you were coming, he’s been spending all his time in the lab.”

"The original plan was to bring him here to meet you first, but no one could pull him out."

"After all, although he's much better than before, his thinking can still be a bit... "

"stubborn."

"I happen to be working on a fusion reactor project here, so they called me over at the last minute."

"I was originally planning to take you out for a meal first, and then arrange a meeting after he finished his business."

"I never expected that his experiment would malfunction just over half an hour ago."

Lin Xu's heart immediately jumped, and he quickly asked:

"is it serious?"

"It's not serious."

Bai Mo replied:
"His face is definitely disfigured, but fortunately it's just a superficial injury."

"The good news is that he can't get into the lab now, so you can go see him directly."

That’s really good news.

Lin Xu was both amused and annoyed. After a slight pause, he said:
"Then let's skip dinner and go find him directly."

"I want to see what he's up to, that he could blow up the lab."

As he spoke, Lin Xu followed Bai Mo toward the infirmary.

The latter pondered for a moment before replying:

"It seems to be about some kind of non-equilibrium phase transition experiment. I'm not too sure about that either, it's too technical."

"clear."

Lin Xu did not ask any further questions.
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Not to mention Bai Mo didn't know, even he himself couldn't figure out what Xu Jin was up to based on the words "non-equilibrium phase transition" alone, given the lack of information.

All the questions could only be answered after I met him.

The group entered the infirmary, and after pushing open the door, Xu Jin, with half of his face wrapped in gauze, appeared before them.

Upon hearing the door open, Xu Jin, who was sitting in a chair, immediately stood up.

He looked at Lin Xu excitedly and said:
"Boss!"

"I know what to do. I know what to do!"

(End of this chapter)